The IOC knows that (British Prime Minister) Tony Blair had written to IOC members to offer to meet them.

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I think only about victory.

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Each experience has taught us something, and each disappointment has only served to reinforce our determination, ... We have always endeavored to improve our performance.

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More than ever we must show our will to welcome the world here in our city.

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We have conceived Games which are not wasteful or disproportionate, but rather games based on efficiency and values.

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This is the seventh year that I've gone to the Gay Pride parade -- it's not just because I've become Paris mayor that I feel I have to take part.

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Everybody was aware of it and could see it.

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Often unacceptable conditions in which families in social difficulty live in our country.

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Any time there are Parisians fighting for more freedom ... I'm with them.

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